Yamada Goro's Final Lecture Posted to Official YouTube Channel
The lecture, recorded because Yamada said it would likely be his last, was released after his death on July 14, making it his final message to viewers.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
A video of Yamada Goro's final lecture was posted to his official YouTube channel on July 31. The theme is "Memento Mori (Remember Death)." The lecture covers the meaning of the phrase, its boom during the plague, and the still-life genre vanitas, using 56 illustrations. Yamada also reflects on five and a half years of the channel and thanks viewers.
The video opens with a note from the channel staff that Yamada himself said recording in this format would probably be the last time, so they filmed as normally as possible. The lecture includes 56 illustrations, among them Hans Holbein's woodcut series Dance of Death, a work attributed to Hanabusa Itcho titled Ono no Komachi Nine Stages of Decay, Cezanne's Pyramid of Skulls, and Van Gogh's Still Life with Open Bible.
Yamada quotes the counterpart phrase "Carpe Diem (Seize the Day)" and says, "Do what you can do now." He closes by thanking viewers and expressing hope that they learned that money is not what matters in the world.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Denfaminicogamer 山田五郎さんによる“最後の講義”が公式YouTubeチャンネルで公開。テーマは「メメント・モリ（死を忘れるな）」